Conjoint 6th WMO VAAC Best Practices Workshop (VAAC BP/6) and 8th WMO/IUGG Volcanic Ash Scientific Advisory Group Meeting (VASAG/8) | Aeronautical Meteorology Programme

A conjoint sixth Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre Best Practices Workshop and eighth Volcanic Ash Scientific Advisory Group Meeting was held at the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA NZ) and Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd. (MetService) in Wellington from 5 to 9 November 2018.

This conjoint event was held immediately prior to back-to-back meetings of the ICAO Meteorology Panel WG-MOG (IAVW) and WG-MISD (VASD) from 12 to 14 November 2018 at CAA NZ.

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Provisional List of Participants (last updated 2 November 2018)

PRESENTATIONS/DOCUMENTS

• STORYBOARD FOR THE CONJOINT VAAC BP AND VASAG (last updated 12 October 2018)

 Monday 

'Ins and outs' modelling tables update

• INS AND OUTS MODELLING TABLES UPDATE [HORT & WITHAM]

Strength of evidence checklists

• VAAC DARWIN STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE CHECK-LISTS [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC DARWIN STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE ASSESSMENT (VASEA) [DENMAN & KING]
• VASAG FEEDBACK ON STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE CHECKLISTS [PAVOLONIS ET AL.]

VONA and aviation colour codes

• BGS AVIATION COLOUR CODES [ENGWELL & SCHNEIDER]
• GNS SCIENCE - SOME THOUGHTS FROM A VOLCANO OBSERVATORY [DELIGNE]
• VAAC ANCHORAGE COLOUR CODE AND STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY COLLABORATION [OSIENSKY]
• VAAC BUENOS AIRES STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [OSORES]
• VAAC DARWIN VONA AVIATION COLOUR CODES [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC LONDON STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [ITO]
• VAAC TOULOUSE STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [HEREIL]
• VAAC WASHINGTON VONA AVIATION COLOUR CODES AND STATE VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INTERACTIONS [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON VONA AND AVIATION COLOUR CODES [ROUX]

Volcanic monitoring and observing capabilities

• VOLCANIC HAZARD MONITORING AND OBSERVING CAPABILITIES [SCHNEIDER & ENGWELL] 
• TOWARDS A VOLCANIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SYSTEM (VIS) USING IMS INFRASOUND DATA [HEREIL]

 Tuesday and Wednesday morning - VAAC BP 

Satellite inter-comparisons of discernible ash

• VAAC BUENOS AIRES SATELLITE INTER-COMPARISONS [OSORES]
• VAAC TOKYO SATELLITE INTER-COMPARISONS [ITO]
• VAAC WASHINGTON OLD VERSUS NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE IMAGERY INTERCOMPARISON [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON OLD VERSUS NEXT GENERATION SATELLITE IMAGERY INTERCOMPARISON [ROUX]

Forecast verification and VAAC key performance indicators

• VAAC LONDON KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS [SELTZER]

VAAC collaboration tools

• VAAC LONDON MET OFFICE COLLABORATION TOOLS [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL COLLABORATION TOOLS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO COLLABORATION TOOLS [ITO]
• METSERVICE SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING AND DRR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT[LUNNY]

IWXXM developments

• VAAC MONTREAL IWXXM DEVELOPMENTS [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO IWXXM DEVELOPMENTS [ITO]

Additional VAAC discussions

• VAAC MONTREAL RE-BROADCASTING VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORIES [BENSIMON]

 Tuesday and Wednesday morning - VASAG 

• BGS ERUPTION SOURCE PARAMETER DATABASE [ENGWELL, MASTIN ET AL.]
• VASAG ENCOUNTERS DATABASE AND SEVERITY INDEX [SCHNEIDER ET AL.]
• SATELLITE ADVANCEMENTS [PAVOLONIS]
• MODELLING ADVANCEMENTS [MASTIN ET AL.]

 Wednesday afternoon 

• WMO CONSTITUENT BODIES REFORM [BROCK & LISK]

 Thursday 

VAAC personnel competency

• GENERIC WMO AMF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMPETENCY STANDARDS [WEBSTER]
• DEVELOPING A COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK WMO-No. 1205 PART II [WEBSTER]
• VAAC ANCHORAGE PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [OSIENSKY]
• VAAC BUENOS AIRES PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [OSORES]
• VAAC DARWIN PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [DENMAN & KING]
• VAAC LONDON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [SELTZER]
• VAAC MONTREAL PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [BENSIMON]
• VAAC TOKYO PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [ITO]
• VAAC TOULOUSE PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [HEREIL]
• VAAC WASHINGTON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [KIBLER]
• VAAC WELLINGTON PERSONNEL COMPETENCY [ROUX]

State volcano observatory skills, needs and capacity development

• GNS SCIENCE - OBSERVATIONS FROM A VOLCANO OBSERVATORY DUTY OFFICER [DELIGNE]
• Short-Term Forecasting and Detection of Explosions During the 2016–2017 Eruption of Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska [SCHNEIDER]

 Friday 

Volcanic ash impacts on jet engines - update

• VOLCANIC ASH IMPACTS ON JET ENGINES - UPDATE (NEW) [CLARKSON]

Quantitative volcanic ash forecasts - progress and recommendations

• VASAG STATE OF SCIENCE REVIEW (OCTOBER 2018) [MASTIN ET AL.]

Volcanic ash sulphur dioxide

• VOLCANIC SULPHUR DIOXIDE [WITHAM ET AL.]
• VOLCANIC SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND AVIATION [CLARKSON]

Additional VONA considerations

• VONA - DOES IT MEET THE NEEDS OF INDUSTRY? [SCHNEIDER]

Provisional Order of Business (last updated 5 October 2018)

Addresses:

Final Report of the Conjoint VAAC BP/6-VASAG/8 (published 11 December 2018 @ 1630 UTC)

Executive Summary of the Conjoint VAAC BP/6-VASAG/8 (published 12 November 2018 @ 1100 NZDT)